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Daily Archives: June 15th, 2011

#620 | The last hours of Pompeii (some thoughts from Syntagma today)

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Syntagma, Athens, June 15th 2011. How to put to words what we lived in this square, over the course of a single day? A society in some spectacular turmoil; the most unusual of suspects have now taken to the streets. Syntagma was meant to be the epicentre of today’s attempt to block off Parliament as [...]

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#619 | Greek PM Papandreou announces government reshuffle and vote of confidence for Thursday; Syntagma protests continue

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

UPDATE, 01.05 AM It appears that the government reshuffle will be announced on June 16th and the vote of confidence will be held by Sunday, June 19th. In a televised message, Greek PM Papandreou has just announced a government reshuffle and a vote of confidence in parliament for Thursday, June 16th – both in light [...]

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#618| Updates from the June15 general strike and day of action

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

20.41 (GMT+2) An estimated 20-30,000 people are at Syntagma at the moment and more are arriving by the minute. Tonight’s assembly is starting very soon, and it will most likely concern itself with the impeding announcements by Greek PM Papandreou, possibly about a “national unity” government. 17:43 (GMT+2) The situation in Syntagma is slightly calmer. [...]

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